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The White House urged Poroshenko to avoid escalation of tension with Russia
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden during a telephone conversation asked Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to avoid escalation of tension of relations with Russia. The content of the conversation is retold on the website of the White House of the United States . The day before, the S-400 missile system was transferred to Crimea, and sources in the special services of the Russian Federation said that Ukrainian saboteurs planned an explosion at the Simferopol airport.
“Both leaders again announced their firm support for political and diplomatic tracts to restore the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, in particular through the full observance of the Minsk agreements,” Interfax quotes the message.
It is emphasized that the vice president called on Poroshenko to do everything in his power in order to avoid escalation of tension with Russia in connection with Crimean events. In addition, the United States also called on the Russian side.
The Ukrainian administration, reporting the course of the conversation, indicates: "The head of the Ukrainian state emphasized the desire of Ukraine to avoid increasing tension in connection with the unfounded accusations of Moscow." (Quote for RIA "Novosti" .)
In addition, Biden and Poroshenko also discussed the implementation of the implementation of the IMF conditions to allocate the next tranche of financial support and confirmed the importance of anti -corruption reforms.
The parties also agreed with the importance of continuing the dialogue in the "Norman format" - this is the name of Cheryrych -sided meetings with the participation of presidents or heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France.
On Wednesday, the FSB announced the prevention of terrorist attacks in the Crimea prepared by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin after that stated that it is pointless to meet in the Norman format in such conditions.